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DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.
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Deflattion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: deeflashion
Sentence: His attempt at flattery met with rapid deflattion.
Etymology:
Disacclaim
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: dis-ac-claim
Sentence: Gwen disacclaimed Gary's attempt at showering her with compliments and hid in the ladies room until he gave up and went away.
Etymology: disclaim: to deny the validity of; repudiate + acclaim: praise enthusiastically
Slashify
Created by: socks
Pronunciation: slash-i-fy
Sentence: Dang, she slashified me!
Etymology:
Unusdisgustus
Created by: meganfis
Pronunciation: unus-dis-gus-tus
Sentence: She was unusdisgustus when the man complimented her hair.
Etymology: unus-one; dis-not; gus-gross; tus
Dissacclaim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: diss/ah/claym
Sentence: To dissacclaim she was able to convince herself that she was in her own special world averse to any flattery but her own
Etymology: diss (short for disrespect or dismiss) + acclaim (praise)
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COMMENTS:
Hey Stevenson0, I will refrain from dissacclaimation, because I know you are in you own special world... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:55:00
Did somebody just say something? No - didn't think so - Stevenson0, 2007-01-19: 11:14:00
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Compliversion
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: com-plih-ver-shun
Sentence: Her compliversion prevented her from dating.
Etymology: Compliment + Aversion
Aperflattic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: app er flat ick
Sentence: Stan hated when Mary's responses were all aperflattic, to the point he never gave her any more compliments.
Etymology: from apathy and from flattery to be apparently apathetic about flattery
Rejeclament
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: Re-jec-lament
Sentence: Suzy gave Richard a rejeclament when he tried to tell her that he like what she was wearing.
Etymology: Rejec- to throw clament- praise
Flatterflop
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flatərfläp
Sentence: Every time Jim tries to give Judy a compliment it turns into a flatterflop. Judy is so self-deprecating that she sometimes apologizes for the air she breathes.
Etymology: flattery (excessive and insincere praise) + flop (a total failure)
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COMMENTS:
I don\'t care if it is the perfect word. It\'s fun to say. - artr, 2009-08-27: 12:48:00
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Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James